(p. 434) ḍāba the green coconut. 10)

(p. 434) ḍāli (dim. of ডালা) a small highrimmed wicker-tray; such a tray containing offerings to a deity (পূজার ডালি); any basket containing presents usu. given to one's superior or boss (বড়দিনে বড়সাহেবকে ডালি দেওয়া); (fig.) a container or repository (রূপের ডালি). 25)

(p. 433) ḍān̐ṭō hard, difficult; unripe or incompletely ripened (ডাঁটো ফল); (chiefly of aged persons) still strong or robust or able-bodied (ডাঁটো লোক); incompletely boiled, parboiled (ডাঁটো ভাত). 3)

(p. 433) ḍāka4 a goblin attending upon Shiva (শিব). ̃সাইটে a. famous and formidable (ডাকসাইটে জমিদার); (often hum.) widely famous (ডাকসাইটে কবি). ̃সিদ্ধ a. one who has brought 'Dak' (ডাক) the goblin under one's control. 9)

(p. 436) ḍēn̐ḍ়ēmuṣē (coll.) licking up or consuming thoroughly; thoroughly, completely. 13)

(p. 433) ḍāka6 an established system of conveying letters, post (ডাক বিভাগ); a batch of letters, mail, dak (বিলাতের ডাক). in comp. postal, post-mail (ডাকবাক্স, ডাকগা়ড়ি). ডাকে adv. by post. ̃খরচা n. postal charge, postage. ডাকের ঘোড়া a horse employed to carry mails. ডাকের থলি a mailbag. ̃খানা, ̃ঘর n. a post-office. ̃গাড়ি n. a mailcoach; a mail van; a mail train. ̃টিকিট n. a postal stamp. ̃পিওন, ̃পিয়ন n. a postman (fem. a postwoman). ̃বাংলা, ̃বাংলো n. a house for travellers, a dak bungalow. ̃বাক্স n. a pillar-box, a letter-box. ̃বিভাগ n. the postal department. ̃মাশুল n. postage. ̃হরকরা n. a postman; a mail-runner. ̃যোগে adv. by post. ফেরত ডাক next return mail. ফেরত ডাকে by return of post, by return mail. 11)

(p. 433) ḍākāḍāki repeated calling esp. with a great noise. 13)

(p. 435) ḍubā to sink; to be submerged; to be drowned; to be ruined (ব্যাঙ্ক ফেল হওয়ায় সে ডুবেছে); to fail (কারবার ডুবেছে); to set (চাঁদ ডুবেছে). a. sunk; submerged; drowned; ruined; that which has failed, in liquidation; that which has set, sunken. ানো v. to cause to sink; to submerge; to drown; to ruin; to cause to fail, to liquidate. ারি var. of ুরি । ডুবে ডুবে জল খায়, শিবের বাবাও টের পায় না (fig.) practises a vice or vices so secretly that even God is not aware of it. 25)

(p. 432) ḍān̐ṭa2 (coll.) firmness; spiritedness, vigour; (coll.) vanity or arrogance. ডাঁট করা, ডাঁট দেখানো, ডাঁট মারা v. (coll.) to assume an air of firmness or spiritedness or superiority or vanity or arrogance; to parade. 26)

(p. 435) ḍugi the smaller one of the pair of a musical instrument of percussion (see তবলা). 22)

(p. 437) ḍrāma1 a drachm, a dram. 7)

(p. 432) ḍān̐ṭā2 to rebuke, to reprimand, to pull up.

(p. 432) ḍabaḍaba expressing: tearfulness or largeness; widened state. ডবডবে a. tearful or large (ডবডবে চোখ); widened. 12)

(p. 432) ḍāṅguli tipcat. 23)

(p. 434) ḍāṅā land; upland; high and dry land (ডাঙা জমি); coast, shore, bank (জল থেকে ডাঙায় ওঠা); a habitual place of production or birth or multiplication (ফরাসডাঙা, নারকেলডাঙা); an abode (কালিডাঙা). ̃পথ n. overland route. ডাঙায় বাঘ জলে কুমির (fig.) between Scylla and Charybdis, between the horns of a dilemma, between the devil and the deep sea. 5)